Associate Project Manager

Abbott • Temecula, CA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life, with a portfolio of life-changing technologies in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals, and branded generic medicines. The company employs 115,000 colleagues in over 160 countries and is recognized as a great place to work globally. This position is located in Temecula, CA, within the Abbott Vascular Devices division. The Associate Project Manager serves as the liaison between project owners, project teams, and management to ensure open and accurate communication of project achievements and issues. They identify areas for process improvements, define and implement solutions, and disseminate new process requirements to the organization. This process ensures Senior Management has appropriate data for optimal decision-making in support of the Product Portfolio and Division strategy. The successful candidate may also serve as a Project Owner for one or more projects, executing them in accordance with process expectations. They are accountable for driving scope, budget, and quality tradeoffs, not only for a given project, but across projects in conjunction with other stakeholders to optimize portfolio value creation.

Requirements

• Bachelors Degree Business or Technical discipline or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Proven working experience in product development, project management and/or business process implementation
• Cross-functional collaboration and alignment
• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multitasking skills
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Process-oriented thinking, focused on continuous improvement and lessons learned; have demonstrated the ability to define and implement complex and interdependent business processes

Nice To Haves

• Masters Degree preferred Business or Technical discipline
• Experience working in Windchill software quality system and managing Windchill change orders preferred.
• Experience in medical devices and / or pharmaceutical is a plus

Responsibilities

• Implement, monitor and improve business processes in support of Project Management, Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and sub-processes thereof
• Demonstrate stewardship and provide project leadership to meet Division strategy and business objectives
• Manage activities associated with product-related projects by coordinating the activities from key functional areas such as R&D, Operations, Regulatory, Quality and Commercial
• Projects being managed may include market and line extensions, reformulations, new products, new manufacturing process and new packages
• Act as a point of contact for IBP process reporting and updates
• Facilitate project managers through the project management and IBP process; ensure cross-functional team is working within process definition for reporting to Sr. Management.
• Resolve project team conflicts and project data integrity
• Implement process improvements solutions to support the division to achieve its long-term goals.
• Provide business updates as needed regarding project status, resource needs, risks and decisions to be escalate to Sr. Management in a timely manner
• Document project management process and use of project management tools and reports
• Create a work environment that supports cross-functional team effectiveness

Benefits

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees